I SO DON'T DO MAKEUP (book #3)

I SO DON'T DO SPOOKY (Book #2)

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I SO DON'T DO MYSTERIES (book #1)

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A girl. A guy. A ghost. A heist. Yikes!

Meet reluctant sleuth Sherry Holmes Baldwin!

Sherry (short for Sherlock) wants more mall time, less homework and a certain cute boy. Instead, she's recruited by her mother's ghost to prevent a rhino heist at San Diego's Wild Animal Park.

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Surf Diva Surf School has been running surfing camps for women (12 years and older) out of La Jolla beach for over 10 years now.

It looks so fun!

There are all sorts of delightful options: 2-day weekend clinic (about $165/person), 5-day class surf clinic (about $391/person), week-long boarding school (about $1490/person). There are classes for every level of surfer. And, if San Diego isn't exotic enough for you, Surf Diva offers clinics in Costa Rica. There was so much clamouring that Surf Diva now offers clincs for boys and co-ed.

You may be wondering why I haven't done Surf Diva.

Can I swim? Yes.

Am I worried about wearing a swimsuit in public? No more than your average female. :)

Do I live too far from La Jolla? No. I'm about 18 miles from that particular beach.

Here's the deal, folks...My eyesight is SO bad that I can't even see my FEET clearly. Which means I can barely find the shore, never mind a surfboard that ditched me in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Although I just read on the Surf Diva website that you can wear swim goggles when surfing.

Hmmm.....I do have prescription swim goggles. I gather they're not overly fashionable; my children tell me I look like a human fly with them on. The upside, though, is that I can see my feet. And find my towel on the beach.

An aside: did you know that prescription swim goggles are relatively inexpensive? Mine were about $20. The trick is to buy goggles slightly weaker (like a 1/2 diopter weaker) than your glasses because of the magnifying property of water. If your right and left eyes have really different prescriptions, buy two pair of goggles and have the swim shop switch the lenses around (or you might even be able to do the switcheroo yourself).

Ack. I just noticed the time. It's late. And I have to get up very early to take my kids to swim practice.

Thanks Travis Erwin for organizing My Town Monday. He has a very fun post up on Travis ErwinCyd Charisse who comes from the same town as Travis. Also, Linda McLaughlin wrote an interesting post last week on the history of surfing.

What a cool post. Who wouldn't want to be a surf diva? Besides me, that is. LOL I have bad eyesight, too. Didn't know the swim goggles were so inexpensive. Good to know if I ever want to go snorkeling or something.

Ha! I used to try to waterski and wakeboard with contacts in, which of course was disastrous half the time (me treading water, asking person in boat to see if they can locate my contact jammed up between my eyelid and cranium, or if it's just gone). I had lasik about five years ago and it was one of the most life-changing events of my life. But being blind as a bat in the water was definitely the biggest challenge to uncorrected nearsighted vision.

You didn't mention sharks. (Perhaps there aren't any there??) That would be my #1 reason for not surfing - along with some others (i.e. lack of co-ordination, lousy balance.) But it certainly looks like fun.

I have a very healthy respect for the ocean...very healthy. It involves me keeping my suit ON MY BODY despite the waves constant attempt to disrobe me. The ocean is big, bigger than me. The ocean is loud, louder (IT IS TOO) than me. The ocean is full of strange and wonderful creatures - who will EAT you given the chance.